Due to an occasional overlap with addresses spilling into multiple service areas,(i.e. Atlanta may be an address for numerous schools), the GHSA is adding an additional line item to the current transfer form. When listing Previous and Present Home Addresses you must also list the Previous and Present Service Area.

Also, as of January 1, 2018, all transfer student applications must be submitted using the online Eligibility system. Paper "Form B" forms will no longer be accepted.

The GHSA has implemented a web-based system for the reporting of Non-Transfer and Transfer Student Eligibility information. Students that were previously reported on Form A and Form B should now be entered into this new system. Non-transfer students are required to be entered online - no Form As will be accepted. Transfer students should be entered into the online system as well, but paper Form Bs will still be accepted until January 1, 2018. Form C (Interrupted Eligibility), Form MT (Magnet Transfer), and the Hardship Application will continue to be used at this time. Eighth (8th) Grade students may also be reported using the new system.

Second Semester Eligibility for School Year
In accordance with GHSA By-Law 2.34, units do not have to be submitted for students whose eligibility has not changed from the first semester of a school year to the second semester. If a student was declared eligible in the first semester, the student remains eligible in the second semester, unless the student failed to earn the required number of units in the first semester (2.5) to continue eligibility or some other event occurred that has rendered the student ineligible. However, if a student was declared ineligible in the first semester and has earned enough units to become eligible, for example, the student units can be uploaded or entered allowing the system to reevaluate the student's eligibility for the second semester. By-law 2.34:

Once a student has been certified eligible by the school and has been processed by the GHSA, eligibility is assumed to be continuing, and no further eligibility report is necessary for that student during the school year unless situations occur that render the student ineligible.

Second Semester Eligibility for Hybrid or Year Long Schedules

Students on hybrid or year-long schedules that are entered into the eligibility system in the second semester must contain the required units for the previous semester (2.5) in order for the student to be declared eligible. We realize that the transcript systems of some schools are not updated with grades at mid-year for year-long classes, but there must be some indication given that the student is passing the required number of units for each semester. If the school is exporting the student data into a spreadsheet, the previous semester units may need to be manually corrected in order to meet this criteria. By-Law 1.53 (Advisory Notice):